Synopsis
A simple Connecticut farm girl is recruited by a distant relative, an aristocratic patroon, to be governess to his young daughter in his Hudson Valley mansion.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes67%
126 audience votes
Key crew
- Joseph L. MankiewiczDirector
- Joseph L. MankiewiczWriter
- Alfred NewmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Gene TierneyMiranda Wells
- Walter HustonEphraim Wells
- Vincent PriceNicholas Van Ryn
- Glenn LanganDr. Jeff Turner
- Anne RevereAbigail Wells
- Spring ByingtonMagda
- Connie MarshallKatrine Van Ryn
- Harry MorganKlaas Bleecker
- Vivienne OsborneJohanna Van Ryn
- Jessica TandyPeggy O'Malley
- Trudy MarshallElizabeth Van Borden
- Gertrude AstorNurse (uncredited)
Stills
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Themes
based on novel or bookpoisonblack and whitegothicnew york statemental illnessfarmerconnecticuitclass distinctionparanoid19th centuryland dispute